In the earl sixties, most American college-aged kids found themselves abandoning pop music and rock and roll for the new trend of folk music. Paul Simon and Artie Garfunkel were no different.

Turning on a dime, Paul no longer worried about the impossibility of competing Elvis Presley, and sublimated his love for street corner doo-wop. Instead, he tried to write songs that fit in with the scene that had become prevalent in Greenwich Village. From a commercial perspective, the folk scene flourished on college campuses all across America, and it welcomed anybody willing to gather at ‘hootenannies’ to play guitar and sing songs that conveyed a sense of purpose.

In New York, though, the folk scene was much more competitive. Dylan stood at the center, surrounded by acolytes and pioneers alike, all of whom competed for attention. It was in this harsh environment where the gentle harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel were expected to compete with Irish fighting songs, immigrant ballads and Appalachian folk heroes. It must have been a daunting time for the middle-class college boys from Queens. Songs covered for this show include;

1) You Can Tell the World

2) Bleecker Street

3) Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

4) Kathy’s Song

5) A Simple Desultory Philippic

6) Carlos Dominguez

7) A Church Is Burning

8) Benedictus

9) A Most Peculiar Man

10) I Am a Rock

11) Sounds of Silence